Rise From Eight Hundred Chapter 913

March 16, 1938, 10 am!

This time is definitely a period of extreme suffering for several brigade and regiment-level commanders of China's 921st Division.

Although the straight-line distance from the battlefield is not far away, the Taihang Mountains are full of extremely sharp cliffs and cliffs, which isolate what seems to be right in front of you so close at hand, as far away as the end of the world!

Even the commanders and fighters of the 769th Regiment, who were running lightly, seemed to hear gunshots coming from the distant mountains!

That is not an illusion!

The 1st Battalion of the 769th Regiment really came into contact with the Japanese army.

However, strictly speaking, it is not a battle with the main force of 2,000 Japanese troops.

According to the original plan, the main force of the 769th Regiment arrived at Beiganling, 9 kilometers west of Lucheng, to form a frontal defensive position. This was specially done by Brigadier Cheng after conducting an on-site inspection on the road from Lucheng to Licheng half a month ago when he was preparing for the Shentouling ambush battle. One of the positions to pay attention to.

This area is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the mountains are relatively gentle, making it easier for soldiers to climb and guard the commanding heights. There are many benefits. For example, the 683 Brigade can deploy all the four infantry regiments of the 921 Division in this mountainous area, with more than 7,000 troops. Form a pocket formation, just like the 511th Division did half a year ago, to surround and annihilate the Japanese invaders with superior force. Moreover, such terrain can ensure that you can advance and attack, and retreat and defend, even if the Japanese army continues to deploy troops from Lucheng and Changzhi to the battlefield , the 683 brigade can also ensure that the entire army fights when it wants to fight and retreats when it wants to retreat. This is the safest battlefield.

However, the terrain also has a fatal weakness. There are many flat areas in the mountain col surrounded by three mountains. The Japanese army that was attacked can establish positions on the flat areas and wait for reinforcements. However, the 683 Brigade, which lacks heavy firepower and insufficient ammunition, must abandon the top of the mountain. The position takes the initiative to attack, otherwise there is really not much we can do against them.

If you had chosen to ambush the 1,500 Japanese troops here, the most likely outcome would have been a stalemate between the two sides. If you wanted to completely annihilate them, you would have to pay a huge price! Even after the arrival of the Fourth Army Regiment, the 683rd Brigade was provided with all-Japanese equipment and sufficient ammunition for most of the infantry regiment.

So, after repeated evaluations, Brigadier Cheng still chose Shentou Ridge as in history, a surprise battlefield that shortened the distance between the two warring parties to only more than ten meters!

The reason why he convinced his superiors and several chief officers at the brigade headquarters was very simple. Since it was an ambush battle, it had to be decisive enough to take the enemy by surprise. The kind of battle that wants to attack and defend at the same time, but also considers safety, isn't it a positional defense battle? If you look forward and backward, you may not get anything.

Hesitation will lead to defeat! This may not be the most glorious moment in the life of this famous general who will be ranked at the top of China's famous general list in the future, but it has definitely shown his personality and military skills. Whenever he makes a decision, he will complete it decisively.

Just like in the famous Icefield Battle thirteen years later, when he served as the second commander, he defied all opinions and used huge manpower and material resources to build the underground Great Wall under the icefield. The cowboys' overwhelming firepower destroyed the famous underground tunnel. In front of them, they lost their sharpness for the first time!

But at this moment and at that moment, the surprise attack on Shentou Ridge killed 1,500 Japanese troops in the shortest time. When the Japanese army once again sent out an army with stronger firepower, more abundant troops, and more vigilance, Beiganling was the most vulnerable location. A battlefield suitable for the Chinese army.

Four infantry regiments, no, if you add the Si Xing Regiment coming from Licheng, the Chinese army has gathered nearly 10,000 troops, especially with the large-caliber mortars equipped by the Si Xing Regiment, if the Japanese want to be here 'Playing' an offensive and defensive battle, the unlucky cliff is them.

This is also the main reason why Brigadier Cheng, a talented general, immediately decided to continue to expand his achievements in the Beiganling area after receiving a large-scale increase in troops from the Japanese army.

The soldiers have no constant momentum, and the water has no constant shape! Every judgment made by Brigadier Cheng based on the changes in the battlefield has proven that among the nearly 100 generals from China and Japan on the battlefield in northern China, he can at least be ranked among the top five!

It is under this tactical policy that the 1st Battalion of the 769th Regiment detoured from the flanks and planned to occupy the high ground on the left flank of Beiganling first, where the terrain is gentler. This also learned from the lessons learned from the 511th Division's ambush of the Japanese baggage brigade half a year ago. the result of.

In that battle, in order to prevent being discovered by the Japanese reconnaissance elite, the division had to put its main force in the distance. When the battle started, before the encirclement was completely formed, the Japanese army occupied the commanding heights on both wings at any cost. In the end, the 511th Division spent a huge amount of money. It took a costly counterattack to capture the commanding heights that the two armies had repeatedly fought for. This was also the main reason why more than 1,000 Japanese troops were able to hold on until sunset.

The prolongation of the battle will not only bear the huge risk of Japanese reinforcements, but the biggest consequence will be a surge in casualties! The results of that ambush battle were brilliant. More than 1,000 Japanese invaders were wiped out, but the cost was that the number of Chinese casualties was no less than a thousand.

It was the first battle between the Eighty Group Army and the Japanese invaders since it entered the war zone. It was also that battle that gave everyone in the Eighty Group Army a concrete understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army. The Eighty Group Army, which had already embarked on the path of seeking truth from facts, had to Accept the fact that the Japanese invaders are completely different from their old opponents. Their fighting power is extremely strong!

Therefore, Brigadier Cheng was very cautious. He needed a battalion under the 769th Regiment to occupy the gentle **** facing the depression in advance and wait for the arrival of the 772nd Regiment before changing defenses to avoid the problems encountered in the 511th Division's ambush battle.

The 1st Battalion of the 769th Regiment bypassed the mountains. If nothing unexpected happens, it will take another 20 minutes to reach the location designated by the headquarters on time.

But as the saying goes, if nothing unexpected happens, accidents will come.

The leader of the reconnaissance squad, who was only 800 meters away from the front of the main force of the 1st Battalion, ran back to report with sweat on his face in this spring when the average temperature was only 13 degrees.

They discovered the top soldiers of the Japanese army!

The Japanese actually showed off their tricks, instead of taking the main road, they took the side road and went around to the flank of the battlefield?

At that moment, Comrade Lao Kong, who was the commander of the 1st Battalion of the 769th Regiment, was also confused.

That's right, this person is not an unknown person. In the future, he and Lao Li will be known as one of the iron triangles in the north of Shanxi Province in "Bright Sword".

Although he is not too old, only 27 years old, he joined the army at the age of 16 and is now a veteran with 11 years of military service. Before the reorganization, he was a senior commander who commanded thousands of troops, but he is such a veteran-level commander Officer, I have never encountered such a situation.

Not to mention encountering the Japanese in advance, the Japanese also went around to the back of the headquarters' preset position. What's more terrible is that the main force of the regiment has not arrived yet for some unknown reason.

"How many people are there in the main force of the Japs?" Comrade Lao Kong calmed down and asked.

“There are about three infantry detachments at the forefront, and they are nearly 100 meters apart. According to this estimate, the Japanese army has at least 500 people!” The reconnaissance squad leader was also a veteran and answered without hesitation.

This calculation is not based on imagination, but came from countless collisions with the Japanese army on the battlefield in Jin Province in the past six months.

The Japanese army, which had been attacked many times in the mountainous areas, was very vigilant. During the march, they would invariably send out reconnaissance vanguards, about 1,000 meters away from the main infantry. If an infantry squadron was dispatched, the vanguard squad would consist of almost ten people. This reconnaissance company The number of leading soldiers was as high as forty or fifty, indicating that the main force of infantry behind them was at least two or even three infantry squadrons.

Not to mention that the deputy battalion commander next to him suddenly looked ugly, even Comrade Lao Kong, who had been in battle for a long time, had sweat dripping from his forehead.

With the firepower of his infantry battalion, it was okay to deal with one Japanese infantry squadron, but it was really difficult for him to deal with three.

Of course he could choose not to fight, but what would be the consequences?

The consequence is that this group of Japanese troops will pass behind the flanks of the preset battlefield. Once the battle begins, the flanks will be unthreatening. The command's strategy of encircling the Japanese troops on three sides will be completely in vain. The Japanese troops on the frontal battlefield will be able to do so without any scruples. He mounted the artillery to the commanding heights on the flanks and bombarded the main force of the regiment on the frontal battlefield wildly.

That may not be a problem that the headquarters' strategy of gathering forces to annihilate the Japanese invaders has failed, but that the battle damage will increase to an unknown extent.

When he thought of this, Comrade Lao Kong's honest and simple face became more sweaty.

In the future, the iron triangle in northwest Shanxi will be famous. If Lao Li is the hottest fire, he will not hesitate to burn himself just to destroy the enemy!

That Lao Kong is that mountain. He looks dark and inconspicuous, but he is the most responsible. Even in the face of the stormy waves that can smash him to pieces, he can still fight with all his strength!

It's just a battle!

“Inform the entire battalion immediately and prepare to fight!” Comrade Lao Kong finally made a decision and gave the order very decisively.

The first battalion of the 769th Regiment originally consisted of three infantry companies and a machine gun company connected end to end. They responded quickly and moved forward quickly under the leadership of the reconnaissance squad leader. More than a hundred meters ahead, there was an area where a certain amount of troops could be deployed for a fight. Blockade!

As for an ambush, there were nearly 50 Japanese top soldiers, and it was impossible in such a short time.

The 1st Battalion of the 769th Regiment is ready for battle!

But for Hiroshi Komura, captain of the 5th Infantry Battalion of the 132nd Infantry Regiment, this was by no means a happy day. Early in the morning, "Licheng is in an emergency, everyone is on alert!" Not only was he dragged out of his warm bed by a military order, but he, a dignified Imperial Army major, had to trek forty miles on such a rugged and difficult mountain road!

All of this is the result of too many idiots among the imperial infantry. Sakira Chutama had more than a thousand troops, and the defense of the city was very painful. The 1,500 people who were ordered to reinforce were besieged by a group of "Tuba", so the division commander had to send out the last of his troops.

This is really stupid. Stupid **** opens the door to stupid. Stupid to the extreme.

The reason why he, an army major, appeared on a small road in the mountains was due to the whimsical idea of the captain of the 108th Infantry Regiment, Koshiminami Goto, who served as the supreme commander of this 2,000-man army.

In order to prevent the army from encountering the situation where the previous reinforcements were ambushed by the Chinese, the Japanese Army Colonel played a trick of "splitting the troops into two groups"!

The main force is still advancing along the road, consisting of 5 infantry squadrons, heavy machine gun squadrons, tank squadrons, artillery squadrons, cavalry squadrons, engineers, etc.; while the other partial division consists of three infantry squadrons and a heavy machine gun squad. The area not too far away from the main force will accompany the advance.

The benefit of doing this is obvious, at least it ensures the safety of one's main flank.

The disadvantages are equally obvious. This will delay the march of the entire army, and the time to rescue the friendly forces at Shentou Ridge will be extended indefinitely.

But after learning from the past experience of the ambush at Shentou Ridge, Baga rushed on like crazy. Isn't that the behavior of Dasha! Not to mention that Goto Colonel would not do this, even Shimokumamoto, who was anxious for his subordinate, would not agree.

He wants these subordinates to go to the rescue, not to kill people thousands of miles away.

What's more, the imperial infantry are not made of clay, and it is not easy for the Chinese to eat them. Although a large baggage team of the Fifth Division was eaten clean by the Chinese half a year ago, the one who besieged them was The infantry division, with a strength comparison of nearly six to one, didn't a group of second-line heavy troops hold on for a whole day?

Just as the Chinese have a clearer understanding of the Japanese's combat effectiveness, the Japanese also have a very conceited understanding of their opponents' ability values.

It is a pity that in this era, an unexpected little butterfly broke into the world, and under the chain reaction, everything changed slightly.

The combat effectiveness of the Eightyth Group Army is not bad to begin with. What they lack is only equipment and firepower!

The dazzlingly bold surprise is still exciting, and even more terrible is the addition of thousands of grenades, which shortened the battle of Shentou Ridge that originally took more than an hour to 20 minutes!

As for Licheng, it was just an ostrich egg. The shell looked very hard, but it was just that the stone was not picked up to hit it. The Si Xing Tuan was the big stone that unexpectedly appeared. With a hard blow, they were broken into pieces!

The location of the blocking position chosen by the 1st Battalion was surrounded by a rocky mountain with an almost ninety-degree angle on one side, and a hill with a moderate **** on the other side. The mountain road only for people and horses was right under the hill!

If the three infantry squadrons led by Komura Hiroshi walked over the path in such a swagger, they would definitely be fired upon by the battalions of the 769th Regiment who had already entered the hillside to lurk.

But obviously, when the leading soldier of the Japanese infantry squad stepped onto the hill and started reconnaissance, that beautiful wish was destined to be impossible to realize!

“Let me kill them first!” Comrade Lao Kong, who was lying in ambush in the grass, waited for the Japanese soldiers to approach 120 meters away, and took the lead in firing a bunch of bullets with his shell gun.

That is not only the standard equipment for officers above the company commander level of the 80th Group Army, it is also the old buddy that Comrade Lao Kong has hung on his waist since he became the battalion commander eight years ago!

Just like that, with a flick of his wrist, a batch of six or seven bullets were fired flatly. The trajectory of the bullets was so straight that people suspected it was a fake German 20-ring Mauser rapid-fire pistol!

In fact, when the shell gun was first developed, semi-automatic pistols were just getting started. No army in the world used semi-automatic pistols as standard weapons. Mauser knew very well that to succeed, he had to get a military contract from a major power, so he Named the box gun Mauser Military Pistol Model 1896 in the hope of obtaining a military contract.

But things went against expectations. Until the Mauser factory stopped producing box guns in 1939, no country in the world adopted box guns as the standard weapon of the army.

No one can deny the excellence of this rapid-fire pistol. Its production of millions, and the number of imitations is several times its regular production, has justified its reputation. However, the cost is too high, and the muzzle is easy to jump up, resulting in unstable ballistics. It is still its biggest problem. Shortcomings!

The wise Chinese soldiers have perfectly solved this shortcoming. They use the flip of the wrist to shoot flatly, and with certain skills, the kinetic energy of the muzzle jumping becomes the driving force to sweep out a barrage!

Comrade Lao Kong, who will serve as the leader of the 769th Regiment in the future, is one of the best. With a single bullet, he defeated three Japanese invaders!

“Bang bang bang!” Fiery gunshots instantly echoed through the mountains and fields.

That was more than 200 rifles firing fiercely!

The distance of 120 meters is just target practice for the elite soldiers who have experienced the great migration of 20,000 miles!

The Japanese squad was caught off guard, and thirteen people fell down!

But the remaining two Japanese soldiers who were hiding in the grass and did not dare to move did not escape the sniper kills from sharpshooters in higher areas!

It only took less than a minute for the two infantry companies that had exposed their firepower positions to wipe out the 15-man Japanese squad.

It may be difficult to defeat the main force of the Japanese army, but it is extremely easy to deal with more than a dozen Japanese soldiers without being prepared.

“Enemy attack!” When the remaining two Japanese vanguard detachments saw this formation, they were naturally frightened and turned around and ran away.

Before the war, Comrade Lao Kong was quite satisfied with the harvest of 11 rifles, a light machine gun and a grenade launcher, plus more than a thousand rounds of bullets and 15 grenades.

What remains is for the first battalion to immediately build temporary field fortifications to deal with the main force of the Japanese army.

“Baga! The Chinese are really dead!”

Hearing gunshots from the front, he ordered the entire army to be on alert. He then heard the scouts running back report that there were at least hundreds of Chinese in front of them and had established a blocking position. Hiro Omura arrived at the front of the position 20 minutes later.

Through the telescope, the blocking position built by the Chinese on the hill is very clear. They should have arrived here not long ago. Many people are still working hard to dig trenches and build stones in front of the trenches!

The strength of the troops is at most equal to the three infantry squadrons under his command!

There is nothing more to say, we must rush over and kill them.

It cannot be said that Major Hiroshi Komura is blindly arrogant. Even though he has three infantry squadrons with more than 500 people under his command, his firepower is not weak.

A reinforced heavy machine gun team behind the formation had 6 heavy machine guns, and an artillery team carried two dismantled 92 infantry cannons on pack horses. Not to mention the temporary fortifications built by the Chinese with stones, which were made of steel plates and A complete fortification built with sleepers, no one can escape with one shot.

Furthermore, the Imperial Japanese Army's self-confidence made him even more determined that even if the firepower intensity was not considered, the more than 500 imperial officers and soldiers in his three infantry squadrons could withstand the Chinese army that was several times that strength.

Even if the opponent has certain bunkers and extremely crude trenches!

The Japanese army, like a hungry wolf that had found its prey, launched a brazen attack on Komura Hiro's order without even testing it!

Chapter end

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